
Centre appoints two advocates as Additional Judges of Bombay High Court
The Hindu
The appointments come a day after the Supreme Court criticised the Centre for holding up the Collegium recommendations for months together
A day after the Supreme Court expressed its disapproval about the delay by the Union Government in appointing judges as per the Supreme Court Collegium, the Law Ministry on Tuesday notified the appointments of two judges to the Bombay High Court.
Advocates Santosh Govindrao Chapalgaonkar and Milind Manohar Sathaye have been elevated as Additional Judges of the High Court, said the Law Ministry.
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju took to Twitter to convey his best wishes to the new judges.
On Monday, the Supreme Court had criticised the government for holding up the Collegium recommendations for months together.
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, the second senior-most Supreme Court judge and a Collegium member, said that the Chief Justices of several High Courts had complained about lawyers being unwilling to accept invitations to the Bench owing to the uncertainty posed by the government’s inaction.

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